GSU's ROTC honored

Program presented U.S. Army MacArthur Award for 2nd consecutive year

Georgia Southern University Army ROTC Cadet Anothony Collazos, 21, of Columbus, holds on to his Iron Eagle Award while fellow cadets are recognized for their achievements during Thursday's annual awards ceremony. The Iron Eagle Award is for three straight perfect scores on personal training (PT) tests. Collazosa also received the Verterans of Foreign War Award for overall achievement.

033111 GSU ROTC 01 web — Georgia Southern University Army ROTC Cadet Anothony Collazos, 21, of Columbus, holds on to his Iron Eagle Award while fellow cadets are recognized for their achievements during Thursday's annual awards ceremony. The Iron Eagle Award is for three straight perfect scores on personal training (PT) tests. Collazosa also received the Verterans of Foreign War Award for overall achievement.

One of the nation's pre-eminent ROTC programs celebrated a top honor awarded to its cadre Thursday, and recognized cadets that have excelled in all phases of their education. More than 80 members of Georgia Southern's Eagle Battalion were honored for outstanding physical and academic achievements during the 2009-2010 school year at a 4 p.m. ceremony inside the university's Education Building auditorium. Battalion Commander Lt. Col. George Fredrick also announced that the Georgia Southern ROTC program, for a second consecutive year, was chosen to be one of the country's eight recipients of the U.S. Army MacArthur Award.

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